diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/IOHelper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/IOHelper.cs
index 5ce851bdb4..2ee0463435 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/IOHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/IOHelper.cs
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
                 path = relativePath;
             }
 
-            return path.EnsurePathIsPrefixed();
+            return path.EnsurePathIsApplicationRootPrefixed();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -390,8 +390,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="path"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        internal static string EnsurePathIsPrefixed(this string path)
+        internal static string EnsurePathIsApplicationRootPrefixed(this string path)
         {
+            if (path.StartsWith("~/"))
+                return path;
             if (path.StartsWith("/") == false && path.StartsWith("\\") == false)
                 path = string.Format("/{0}", path);
             if (path.StartsWith("~") == false)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/IOHelperTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/IOHelperTest.cs
index 559ba1a2f3..e42491454b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/IOHelperTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/IOHelperTest.cs
@@ -56,5 +56,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.IO
             Assert.AreEqual(IOHelper.MapPath(SystemDirectories.WebServices, true), IOHelper.MapPath(SystemDirectories.WebServices, false));
             Assert.AreEqual(IOHelper.MapPath(SystemDirectories.Xslt, true), IOHelper.MapPath(SystemDirectories.Xslt, false));
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void EnsurePathIsApplicationRootPrefixed()
+        {
+            //Assert
+            Assert.AreEqual("~/Views/Template.cshtml", IOHelper.EnsurePathIsApplicationRootPrefixed("Views/Template.cshtml"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("~/Views/Template.cshtml", IOHelper.EnsurePathIsApplicationRootPrefixed("/Views/Template.cshtml"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("~/Views/Template.cshtml", IOHelper.EnsurePathIsApplicationRootPrefixed("~/Views/Template.cshtml"));
+        }
     }
 }